The Future of Narrative Change is Here
From October 2024 to July 2025, Youth Speaks will engage a new generation of young artists and alumni to participate in collaborative narrative projects that bridge public and poetic will.
Over the 9-month fellowship, Public Poet Fellows will serve as ambassadors of youth culture, with the tools to interrogate policies, translate complex social issues impacting young people of color, and uplift the ways young artists animate civic life.
This fellowship is tremendously beneficial to young adults 16-26, who have either aged out of Youth Speaks’ core programs and services or are looking to deepen their artistic development with an eye on influencing the public sphere. Fellows receive a $15,000 unrestricted stipend with opportunities for mentorship, peer learning, and movement and power-building training from field leaders.
For more information on the Public Poet Fellowship 2024 cohort follows @powerlab.global on Instagram.
Narrative Change Campaigns
Power Lab brings together youth, organizers, industry experts, and community leaders to leverage the power of culture to influence policy, combat misinformation, and heal civic trauma.
How It Works
- We bring together passionate young poets to learn about the power of public narratives and social justice storytelling
- We explore dominant narratives about complex issues at the center of young people’s lives
- We innovate and create new poems, ensemble performances, digital films, and PSAs that connect individual voices to collective stories